Democracy and the role of associations
Subtitle: political, organizational, and social contexts
By: edited by Sigrid Rossteutscher.
Contributors: Rossteutscher, Sigrid, 1966-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Democracy.; Non-governmental organizations.; Civil society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Democracy, fascism, and civil society / E. Spencer Wellhofer; title: The limits of civil society within a divided community : the case of Northern Ireland / Feargal Cochrane; title: European civil society : institutional interests and the complexity of a multi-level policy / Stijn Smismans; title: Welfare through organizations / William A. Maloney and Sigrid Rossteutscher; title: The position of interest groups in Eastern European democracies : maturing servicemen or trojan horses? / Umut Korkut; title: Activating participation : generating support for campaign groups / Emma L. Clarence, Grant Jordan and William A. Maloney; title: Tracing the contradictions : associational life versus informal networks in a third world context / Nadia Molenaers; title: Churches as voluntary associations : their contribution to democracy as a public voice and source of social and political involvement / Joep de Hart and Paul Dekker; title: Women's power under threat? voluntary organizations in transition / Dag Wollebæk and Per Selle; title: Civic communities and multicultural democracy / Meindert Fennema and Jean Tillie.